GIS Data Expert

About the role

The GIS Data Expert will lead the conversion, cleansing, validation and quality assurance of utilities and infrastructure as‑built drawings into accurate, topologically valid Enterprise GIS datasets. You will collaborate with GIS teams, technical stakeholders and clients to ensure data integrity and support transformation initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Convert utilities and infrastructure as‑built drawings and data into structured GIS datasets, ensuring compliance with GIS data models and standards.
• Perform data extraction, transformation, cleansing and preparation for Enterprise GIS environments.
• Conduct comprehensive GIS data validation, QA/QC, and resolve spatial, attribute, topology and connectivity issues.
• Validate network connectivity and apply spatial and topological rules to maintain data quality.
• Develop and automate GIS data transformation and ETL workflows using Python, ArcGIS ModelBuilder or FME.
• Support the design and maintenance of Enterprise Geodatabases, including feature classes, relationships, domains, subtypes and topology.

Required profile

• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in utilities and infrastructure as‑built conversion to GIS.
• Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geomatics, Geography, Surveying, Civil Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Native Arabic speaker with professional proficiency in English.
• Consulting or client‑facing experience preferred.

Required skills

• Strong proficiency with the Esri ArcGIS ecosystem, especially ArcGIS Pro.
• Experience with Enterprise Geodatabases and related structures (feature classes, domains, subtypes, topology, network data).
• Programming/scripting skills in Python and familiarity with ArcGIS ModelBuilder or FME for ETL automation.
• Knowledge of GIS data conversion, cleansing, validation, QA/QC and topology/network connectivity.